Kout Food Group
Mazen Alchaleh started their career at Taco Bell in 2007, where they worked as a Market Leader until 2010. After that, they joined Kout Food Group and held various positions including Senior Operations Manager from 2010 to 2014, Group Brand Leader from 2014 to 2017, and Country Manager for Kuwait and Iraq from 2017 to 2021. Currently, they are serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Kout Food Group. During their tenure, they managed a portfolio of 8 brands and over 170 stores, leading a team of Brand Leaders and support functions.
Mazen Alchaleh obtained a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Damascus University, where they studied from 1990 to 1993.
Kout Food Group
Kout Food Group is a mid-sized Kuwaiti company that operates in the MENA region. We started as a family-run company in 1981 with the much-loved creation of Hungry Bunny. Since then, we are dedicated to being pioneers in our field. We’ve taken quality franchises like Burger King, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Subway, Applebee’s, Burj Al-Hamam, Ayyame, and Scoop a Cone to another level. Building on our successful entrepreneurial spirit Fley fley, Subway and Ihop are part of the growing Kout Food Group family of homegrown concepts committed to always giving you something innovative, fresh, and of the best quality. Our factory, Fresh Productions, and our state-of-the-art Distribution Center with production capacity for an extensive range of pre-packaged, own-label, and private-label, catering with airline potential. In 2007 we made the strategic decision to be a public corporation and Kout Food Group became a subsidiary of the Al-Homaizi Company. However, our family values are still the backbone of our culture and extend to the markets in which we operate. Central to our values at Kout Food Group is a passion for food and service. People are at the heart of what we do and delighting our customers is what motivates us. Our Hungry Bunny pioneering spirit lives on through our dedication to innovation in all our initiatives by continuing to be leaders in our field.